Underutilisation of opioids in elderly patients with chronic pain: approaches to correcting the problem

Kirsten AuretSchool of Medicine and Pharmacology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Western Australia, AustraliaDrugs Aging 22:641-54. 2005

..This more rational and knowledge-based approach to the use of opioids in the management of chronic pain in the elderly population should correct the current problems with underprescribing in this age group...